I came here to answer same question:
My recording quality from external sources (mixer, CD, microphone, my cell, anything) has a foggy, low-quality sound compared to what I would expect. Perhaps I have some setting incorrect?
Same...I came to this forum for same problem. It doesn't matter WHAT external signal I use, whether audio mixer, CD player, cellphone, microphone, the recording sounds very low grade and a foggy distortion-like quality. The exact same recordings attempts "check done" on my Tascam CD recorder is significantly better... I have a difficult time believing that should be the case. Perhaps a basic setting I'm missing or is wrong?
I'll post my question on another thread as well...Feb 6, 2015 and no replies may be too old. :/